{"id":354282,"date":"2025-06-14T06:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T11:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354282"},"modified":"2025-06-14T06:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T11:35:59","slug":"icg-navy-iaf-execute-high-risk-ops-to-stabilise-fire-hit-singaporean-vessel-off-kochi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/icg-navy-iaf-execute-high-risk-ops-to-stabilise-fire-hit-singaporean-vessel-off-kochi\/","title":{"rendered":"ICG, Navy , IAF execute high-risk Ops to stabilise fire-hit Singaporean vessel off Kochi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a major development in the firefighting and salvage operation of Singaporean Vessel MV Wan Hai 503 on Friday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), along with the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force,\u00a0 successfully transferred the tow of the distressed container vessel to the ocean-going tug Offshore Warrior.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICG had been holding the vessel away from the Kerala coast for several days, but sudden deterioration in weather conditions and strong westerly winds caused it to dangerously drift toward the shoreline, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defence\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-696x443.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-1068x680.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi-660x420.jpg 660w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/Kochi.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A massive fire broke out below the deck of MV Wan Hai 503, on June 9. The ship was sailing nearly 70 nautical miles off the Kerala coast near Kozhikode on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite adverse weather that restricted aerial operations and delayed salvage crew boarding, a Navy Sea King helicopter launched from Kochi on June 13 successfully winched salvage team members onto the vessel under extremely challenging conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team then managed to connect a 600-metre tow rope to Offshore Warrior approximately 20 nautical miles off the coast of Kochi. The vessel is now being towed westward at a speed of 1.8 knots and is nearly 35 nautical miles offshore, the MoD said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three ICG Offshore Patrol Vessels are continuing to escort the container ship and sustain firefighting operations. At present, only thick smoke and a few isolated hotspots remain onboard, a testament to the ICG\u2019s effective firefighting efforts that have helped avert a major environmental disaster.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICG is closely coordinating with the Directorate General of Shipping to ensure the vessel remains at least 50 nautical miles from the Indian coastline until its fate is determined by the owners, in accordance with international norms. The situation is expected to further stabilise with the anticipated arrival of additional firefighting tugs, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major development in the firefighting and salvage operation of Singaporean Vessel MV Wan Hai 503 on Friday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), along with the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force,\u00a0 successfully transferred the tow of the distressed container vessel to the ocean-going tug Offshore Warrior.\u00a0 The ICG had been holding the vessel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":354283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[16848,19803,16570,19804],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354285,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354282\/revisions\/354285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}